Madison

It is a work in progress, but much progress made in Madison in recent weeks in stopping the sale of 5 acres of town green property for condos/ luxury condo development. The future of Academy School itself as well will hopefully be safeguarded as we continue to muster an outpouring of engaged citizenry to voice their democratic interest in keeping valuable public space for public use! See recent article below. Next steps include first selectman reissuing RFP to request bids on only the school building (not likely a good solution) and hopefully an ad hoc committee being formed to re-open consideration of the best publicRead More →

To the Editor (the Source, zip06): Let’s not rush to referendum on a development bid regarding the Academy site, now targeted for this November by the First Selectman. At his urging, we are barreling down a one-way street toward development. In the driver’s seat is the false belief that a developer is the expert we need. Note to all: A developer is an expert at development, but we are the experts at how we live our lives, the shared values this community holds, and most important, how we envision our town’s future. To the Board of Selectmen’s credit, they’ve called for three recent public hearingsRead More →

To the Editor (the Source, zip06): The next steps in the process of deciding the future of Academy School were advanced by many who spoke at another very well attended public hearing last week: Let us now re-open the public discussion on how best to use this space. As the importance of this process has struck home, people are now very engaged. It is important we do not move ahead quickly to a referendum (that will be sure to lose) on a condo development proposal, but re-open a process of facilitated workshops to truly empower the many voices of Madison who are just beginning toRead More →

I discovered a gem of a book, at a gem of a store. It was the end of a rare outing nowadays with two of our three teenagers. We had spent the day in NYC, my original ‘hometown’, stopping at the Museum of the City of New York (highly recommended), then downtown to a gallery exhibition of polaroid photos (meh), and spur of the moment (because it was there) dinner at the innovative (and expensive) vegetarian restaurant Dirt Candy. We started driving home on Allen Street, when we saw an activist cooperative book store- Bluestockings. Such a sight was too shocking and potentially joyous toRead More →

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green Party leaders reacted with shock and grief to the news that Muhiyyidin d’Baha, a Black Lives Matter activist, was gunned down in New Orleans on Tuesday, Feb. 6. Mr. d’Baha was co-chair of the Charleston Green Party in South Carolina. The Green Party of the United States expressed deep sympathy and condolences for Mr. d’Baha’s family and friends. Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org @GreenPartyUS For Immediate Release: Friday, February 9, 2018 On Saturday at 10 a.m., friends will gather in Charleston’s Hampton Park at the Denmark Vesey Monument, where Mr. d’Baha often went for inspiration. A video remembrance has been postedRead More →